Lisa wrapped up a fantastic project as part of the Roscommon Artists in Schools scheme. All the classes at Abbeycartron N.S. were involved in the re-telling of The Cattle Raid of Cooley, which they turned into an artist’s illustrated book (PDF, 1.1MB) and puppet show. Gabe went down with Lisa to video the puppet show [...]

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I dashed over to the Royal Academy yesterday to pick up a book from the Cranach exhibition. Unfortunately I was rushing to catch a train and only had the chance to squeak through the shop. I did take a moment to shoot one of the outside banners.
The Venus image was initially BANNED from the London [...]

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I set out this morning to roam the streets of Paris and see some art. The highlight was the L’atelier d’Alberto Giacometti exposition at the Pompidou. I’ve never seen such an exhaustive exhibition documenting an artist’s life, including letters, ephemera, articles, over 600 works, his studio … truly exhaustive. Even though Giacometti is best known [...]

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Lisa is in the final round of selection for a large public art commission in Donegal. Ireland has a vibrant Percent for Art scheme. Four finalists were selected and Lisa prepared a public exhibition this week of the proposal and we pulled together this mini-site around her submission for all to see. Decision soon!

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Maybe they should use this image to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. Too incredible not to post the image.
Till Nowak has created a masterpiece “Salad”, a fantastic digital image of Alien made out of vegetables. His tribute to HR Giger and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
via Laughing Squid

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